Bed-riser.



No. 783,864. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. F. & J. M. HOLLAND.

BED RISER.

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FRANKLIN HOLLAND AND JAMES MONROE HOLLAND, OF BALTlll IORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,864, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed October 28, 1904- Serial No. 230,294.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, FRANKLIN HOLLAND and J Aims Mormon HOLLAND, citizens of the United States,residing at Baltimore city,State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Risers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bedriser for supporting and holding the corners of woven-wire mattresses or other stretchedfabric beds. in this class of device each riser is suitably coupled with the end and side of a tube, of which two are employed with each mattress, these tubes serving as longitudinal stretcher-bars to keep the woven wire taut. A cross-bar of ang1e-iron is at each end of the mattress, and one of these bars rests upon and is secured to two of the corner bed-risers. ltach riser of this class has a laterally-projecting prong which rests on the side bar of the bedstead, and the four prongs, one being at each corner, support the mattress. Bedrisers of this character heretofore made oi. cast metal are liable on account of their brittleness to have the prongs broken oil in handling and during shipment of the mattress, and if a riser becomes broken the entire woven-wire mattress, its stretcher-bars, and end bars are all rendered useless, for the reason that a new riser can be substituted for the broken one only at the factory where are locatcd the special machines that are required for stretching the woven wire when attaching To obviate this liability of breakage, we have provided a bed-riser made of two pieces of wrought-iron or steel instead of cast metal and which will not break.

Our invention consists of the novel construction of a wrought or sheet metal bed-riser, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bed-riser. Fig. 2 is a back view of same. Fig. 0 is an elevation in section oi the bed-riser coupled with the longitudinal stretcher-tube and showing an end bar and piece of wire mattress. In this figure a saddle-plate is also shown'as an additional element. Fig. 4 is a pers 'iective view of the pedestal part of the device shown in l Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. is a perspective view of thecaddle-plate shown in Figs?) and (i. 6 is atop plan view showing all the parts at one corner oi. the mattress and bedstead. the parts being inproper position relative to the side bar of the bedstead. Figs. 7 to ll illustrate a modification in the construction of the bedriser, Fig. 7 being a perspective view. Fig. 8 is a back view of this modified iorin. Fig. 9 an elevation showing the riser coupled with the lmigitudinal stretcher-tube and supporting an end bar. Fig. ii) is a perspective View of the pedestal part of the modified form. Fig. 11 is a top plan view of the modified construction at one corner.

The form oi riser shown in Figs. 1 to 6, in elusive, will first be described.

The letter A designates one of the side bars or stretcher-s oi an ordinary woven-wire -mattress irame. Ordinarily this is an iron tube.

The letter B designates the angle-iron crossbar, of which two are used in these mattressframes, one at the head and the other at the foot end.

The riser shown in Fig. 1 comprises two pieces of sheet metal 0 1). One piece, (1, terms all the walls but one of an upright pedestal on which the angle-bar B is to be supported in an elevated position above the stretcher-tube A. This piece (l is cut out of flat sheet metal and then bent to term three side 01 the pedestal, as shown in Fig. The two vm-tical edges 0 of this part have tangs or tenons A fiat plate-piece l) forms the remail'iing wall of the pedestal and has slots which receive the said tangs or tenons. The latter,extendingthrough,are riveted or headed on the back of the said flat plate, and thus the two are secured together. The said flat plate-piece extends horizontally beyond one side oi the pedestal part C and forms a projecting arm or prong (1, with a bottom flange d to rest on the side rail F of a bedstead, as in Fig. 6, and thereby supports one corner 01 the woven-wire-mattress frame.

The letter F designates one of the tour posts of a bedstead. The cross-bar B for each end of the mattress has two right-angle ii sides,

one oi which rests upon the top of the prides-- tal and the other depends down on the back of the flat plate D, to which it may be bolted through the hole7 by bolt Z.

Suitable coupling means are providedat the lower end of the pedestal or riser for connection with the tube A. This coupling in Fig. 1 comprises a curved notch g at the lower end of the pedestal part C, which notch sets upon the top side of the tube A, and it also comprises a half-circular portion h, projecting downward from the lower end of the flat plate-piece D, which serves to cover the end of said tube. The inner side of this downprojecting half-circular portion has a disk 2', secured, preferably, by a rivet 27. The disk is concentric with the said curved notch g and is of proper size to enter and snugly fit into the open end of the tube A. If these parts are all snugly and properly fitted together, the riser part C D will be practically coupled with the tube A, because the tension of the tightly-stretched woven wire 7' will serve to retain the said parts in their coupled position. In order to still more securely retain the parts in their coupled position, a vertical bolt in is passed through the side of the angle-bar B, resting upon the top of the pedestal, and extends down through the pedestal and also through thetube A and is secured by a nut 7'" on the under side of the tube.

A saddle-p1ateg may also be used as an additional element of the coupling means. This plate is curved to fit saddle fashion on the top side of the tube A. Its convex upper surface fits into the curved notch g of the pedestal, and it is secured there by a tang or tenon on one end fitting into a slot in the plate piece D and riveted, as seen in Fig. 3. The other end of the saddle-plate projects in front of the pedestal C and constitutes a longer hearing or base for the pedestal. This longer bearing rests on the top of the tube A and gives more stability to the upright position of the pedestal.

The woven wire may be secured to the angle-bar B by a clamp-plate m and bolts 7t.

The modified form of device shown in Figs. 7 to 11, inclusive, will now be described. This riser, like the form shown in Fig. 1, preferably comprises two pieces of sheet metal. One piece, C, forms all the walls but one of an upright pedestal. This piece is cut out of fiat sheet metal and bent to form two upright plates or sides of the pedestal and incidentally to form at the lower end of the pedestal a part of the coupling On its two vertical edges 6 this part of the pedestal has tangs or tenons f. A flat plate-piece D forms the remaining wall of the upright pedestal and has slots which receive the said tangs or tenons, the latter being riveted or headed, as in Fig. 8, on the back of the said fiat plate to secure the two pieces C D together. The said upright fiat piece extends horizontally beyond one side of the pedestal part C and forms a laterally-projecting arm or prong d to rest on the side rail denotes one of the corner-posts of the bedstead.

i It will be seen that part of the riser in this modification, Fig. 7, has a different shape from that of Fig. 1; but essentially the two are the same. In both cases the riser comprises two pieces of wrought sheet metal-first, a piece bent to form all the walls but one of an upright pedestal C; second, a flat piece D, forming the remaining wall. In both cases the two pieces are secured together by tangs or tenons on the vertical edges of one piece fitting in slots on the other, said tangs being riveted or headed. Both forms have a laterally-projecting arm to rest on the side rail of the bedstead. In both cases the right-angled crossbar B for holding the ends of the woven wire rests upon the top of the pedestal in the same manner and may be bolted thereto by bolts through a hole Z in the upright flat plate in the same manner.

The modification, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, also has a suitable coupling at its lower end to couple with the stretcher-tube A. In this case the coupling comprises a round socket g formed by bending the pedestal-piece C, and it also comprises a down projecting half circular portion /t on the upright fiat plate-piece D. which closes one end of the socket and covers the end of the tube A when the latter is in the socket.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wrought sheet-metal bed-riser comprising a piece bent to form all the walls but one of an upright pedestal and provided on two vertical edges with tangs or tenons; a fiat plate-piece forming the remaining wall of the said pedestal and having slots which receive said tangs or tenons the latter being riveted or headed to secure the said pieces togethersaid fiat plate extending horizontally beyond one side of said pedestal and forming a projecting arm for resting on the side rail of the bedstead, and means at the lower end of the pedestal for coupling with the end and side of a stretcher-tube.

2. A wrought sheetmetal bed-riser preferably of a piece bent to form all the side walls but one of an upright hollow pedestal and having at its lower end a curved notch and provided on two vertical edges with tangs or tenons; a flat vertical plate-piece forming the remaining wall of the said pedestal and having slots which receive said tangs or tenons which latter are riveted or headed to secure the said pieces togethersaid flat vertical plate projecting horizontally and forming an arm for resting on the side rail of the bedstead, and provided with a half-circular portion projecting downward below the other side walls of the pedestal and said downwardprojecting part provided with a disk concentric with said curved notch.

3. A sheet-metal riser for weven wire mattresses comprising a piece bent to form three side Walls of an upright pedestal and provided on vertical edges with tangs or 'tenons; a vertical plate forming a fourth Wall of the pedestal and having slots which receive said tangs or tenons, and said platealso forming a laterally-projecting arm to rest on the side rail of a bedstead; and a curved saddle-plate secured at the base of the pedestal and having one end 10 projecting in front of the pedestal.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signati'u'es in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANKLIN HOLLAND. JAMES MONROE HOLLAND. Witnesses:

Gr. FERDINAND Voe'r, A. l). PATRICK. 

